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Anonymous wrote:in looking again at Option 3 in terms of leveling out FARMS rates across at least high schools, is the juice worth the squeeze? The only really big difference in terms of just that one metric (%FARMS) across options looks like Whitman. It goes from 6% FARMS to 20%. It seems like you could just do something far less disruptive in terms of busing kids all over the county to increase the FARMS rate at Whitman.

Example is what has been proposed in this thread -- let FARMS kids lottery into Whitman, provide central bus locations.

That will be an awesome option for some families.

Anonymous wrote:in looking again at Option 3 in terms of leveling out FARMS rates across at least high schools, is the juice worth the squeeze? The only really big difference in terms of just that one metric (%FARMS) across options looks like Whitman. It goes from 6% FARMS to 20%. It seems like you could just do something far less disruptive in terms of busing kids all over the county to increase the FARMS rate at Whitman.

Example is what has been proposed in this thread -- let FARMS kids lottery into Whitman, provide central bus locations.

Anonymous wrote:does levelling out FARMS rates actually improve the outcomes of the kids that is supposedly meant to help? Or is this just a box-checking feel-good thing on the part of the BOE?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:in looking again at Option 3 in terms of leveling out FARMS rates across at least high schools, is the juice worth the squeeze? The only really big difference in terms of just that one metric (%FARMS) across options looks like Whitman. It goes from 6% FARMS to 20%. It seems like you could just do something far less disruptive in terms of busing kids all over the county to increase the FARMS rate at Whitman.

Example is what has been proposed in this thread -- let FARMS kids lottery into Whitman, provide central bus locations.

the only other big difference is the disparity between WJ and Woodward. But in all options, WJ ends up with a lower FARMS rate than Woodward. They both have higher FARMS rates in Option 3, though.

Yeah they should really fix that. When the schools are so close together their farms rates should really not be that different.

Agree. I'm not certain why Woodward ends up with such a higher FARMS rate in all options, compared to WJ.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:in looking again at Option 3 in terms of leveling out FARMS rates across at least high schools, is the juice worth the squeeze? The only really big difference in terms of just that one metric (%FARMS) across options looks like Whitman. It goes from 6% FARMS to 20%. It seems like you could just do something far less disruptive in terms of busing kids all over the county to increase the FARMS rate at Whitman.

Example is what has been proposed in this thread -- let FARMS kids lottery into Whitman, provide central bus locations.

the only other big difference is the disparity between WJ and Woodward. But in all options, WJ ends up with a lower FARMS rate than Woodward. They both have higher FARMS rates in Option 3, though.

Yeah they should really fix that. When the schools are so close together their farms rates should really not be that different.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:in looking again at Option 3 in terms of leveling out FARMS rates across at least high schools, is the juice worth the squeeze? The only really big difference in terms of just that one metric (%FARMS) across options looks like Whitman. It goes from 6% FARMS to 20%. It seems like you could just do something far less disruptive in terms of busing kids all over the county to increase the FARMS rate at Whitman.

Example is what has been proposed in this thread -- let FARMS kids lottery into Whitman, provide central bus locations.

the only other big difference is the disparity between WJ and Woodward. But in all options, WJ ends up with a lower FARMS rate than Woodward. They both have higher FARMS rates in Option 3, though.

Anonymous wrote:in looking again at Option 3 in terms of leveling out FARMS rates across at least high schools, is the juice worth the squeeze? The only really big difference in terms of just that one metric (%FARMS) across options looks like Whitman. It goes from 6% FARMS to 20%. It seems like you could just do something far less disruptive in terms of busing kids all over the county to increase the FARMS rate at Whitman.

Example is what has been proposed in this thread -- let FARMS kids lottery into Whitman, provide central bus locations.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:in looking again at Option 3 in terms of leveling out FARMS rates across at least high schools, is the juice worth the squeeze? The only really big difference in terms of just that one metric (%FARMS) across options looks like Whitman. It goes from 6% FARMS to 20%. It seems like you could just do something far less disruptive in terms of busing kids all over the county to increase the FARMS rate at Whitman.

Example is what has been proposed in this thread -- let FARMS kids lottery into Whitman, provide central bus locations.

I absolutely think it is worth the squeeze. It has resulted in west county parents flipping out. When Option 3 does not come to pass, they will be so happy that they won't whine as much about their kids' school assignments changing.

Anonymous wrote:in looking again at Option 3 in terms of leveling out FARMS rates across at least high schools, is the juice worth the squeeze? The only really big difference in terms of just that one metric (%FARMS) across options looks like Whitman. It goes from 6% FARMS to 20%. It seems like you could just do something far less disruptive in terms of busing kids all over the county to increase the FARMS rate at Whitman.

Example is what has been proposed in this thread -- let FARMS kids lottery into Whitman, provide central bus locations.

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Anonymous wrote:You’d have to bus other kids in too.

I have an idea.

Whitman and Churchill take 20% kids from high FARMS areas. 5% can be anyone and 15% has to be FARMS kids. That way idencity of FAMRS kids are protected becasue FARMS and non-FARMS kids are taking the bus together.

20% can be lottery. This way all issues are covered.

Guarantee that 20% would just go to private.

Likewise, 20% of Whitman kids are randomly chosen to go to Kennedy

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Anonymous wrote:just have all kids lottery to any high school regardless of the location and provide bus service to all

This.

Anonymous wrote:WJ should get more diverse, not less diverse as it does in every single option.